Gallery – Polish Refugees in the Middle East
Jozef at cemetery in Teheran, Nov. 1945
Visiting Irena’s grave
Wanda Gillon
During WWII
Iran
Teheran
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Jozef at cemetery in Teheran, Nov. 1945
Visiting Irena’s grave
Wanda Gillon
During WWII
Iran
Teheran
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Grave site area in cemetery at Teheran
probably in 1945
Wanda Gillon
During WWII
Iran
Teheran
Wiesław Jabłonski, centre
Circa 1942-43, somewhere in the Middle East, probably Lebanon or Palestine.
Wanda Gillon
During WWII
Junak Officer Cadet School
Wiesław Jabłonski, centre
Circa 1942-43, somewhere in the Middle East, probably Lebanon or Palestine.
Wanda Gillon
During WWII
Junak Officer Cadet School
Wiesław, leaning out the window, left.
Circa 1942-43
Wanda Gillon
During WWII
Junak Officer Cadet School
Wiesław, leaning out the window, left.
Circa 1942-43
Wanda Gillon
During WWII
Junak Officer Cadet School
Wiesław, circa 1942-43.
Wiesław, circa 1942-43.
Wanda Gillon
During WWII
Junak Officer Cadet School
Wiesław, circa 1942-43.
Wiesław, circa 1942-43.
Wanda Gillon
During WWII
Junak Officer Cadet School
Wiesław, centre, as a cadet, circa 1942-43.
Wiesław, centre, as a cadet, circa 1942-43.
Wanda Gillon
During WWII
Junak Officer Cadet School
Certificate issued in Teheran 1942
Certificate of family relationship, attesting that the person listed is related to a member of the Polish military.
Terese Umbras Fehlberg
During WWII
Iran
Teheran
Two friends in Teheran 1942
Teresa (Dmochowska) Jenner and Krystyna (Kołodyńska) Downey in Teheran in 1942.
Teresa Jenner
During WWII
Iran
Teheran
Teresa Jenner in Teheran 1943
Photo taken in Teheran in 1943
Teresa Jenner
During WWII
Iran
Teheran
Teresa (Dmochowska) Jenner
Photo taken of Teresa (Dmochowska) Jenner in Teheran in 1943
Teresa Jenner
During WWII
Iran
Teheran
Teresa (Dmochowska) Jenner
Photo taken of Teresa (Dmochowska) Jenner in Teheran in 1943
Teresa Jenner
During WWII
Iran
Teheran
Polish group at Pahlevi
Stanisława and Krystyna Kołodyński standing at left of photo. Teresa Dmochowska is the little girl on left of photo. Janina Dmochowska is in the back with a band in her hair.
Teresa Jenner
During WWII
Iran
Pahlevi
Kołodyński and Dmochowski families together in Isfahan
Photo of Dmochowski and Kołodyński family in Isfahan 1943. Both mothers and daughters were deported from same town in Poland
Teresa Jenner
During WWII
Iran
Isfahan
Jadwiga and friends in Iran
Jadwiga Basinska, second from the right - taken in Ahwaz, Iran.
Teresa Eckford
During WWII
Iran
Ahwaz
Group of children rescued from the Soviet Union
Group of children rescued from the Soviet Union in one of the orphanages organized by the Polish Army in Persia. Woman in glasses is my mother Wiktoria Morawska. Infant held by woman to my mother's right is her son, yours truly - Ted Morawski. Since I was born in Isfahan, Iran on Oct. 14, 1942, the picture was most likely taken in 1943.
Ted Morawski
During WWII
Iran
Childrens’ mealtime – orphanage in Persia
Children photographed at mealtime in one of the orphanages in Persia. Counterclockwise standing behind the children - second woman is Mrs Mocarska who later emigrated to the US from England; to her right is my godmother Mrs Alina Skupinska who emigrated to Argentina and from there to Montreal, Canada; fifth person counterclockwise behind the children is my mother Wiktoria Morawska.
Ted Morawski
During WWII
Iran
Orphans receiving Confirmation
Sacrament of confirmation administered to children from the Soviet Exodus in Persia by Archbishop Gawlina, Roman Catholic Chief Chaplain of the Polish Armed Forces.
Ted Morawski
During WWII
Iran
Children, staff, and visitors
A gathering of children, staff, and visitors at one of the orphanages in Persia. I have no other information about this event
Ted Morawski
During WWII
Iran
Orphans in Persia
An event of some wonderment at one of the orphanages in Persia. I do not have any further information about this photograph
Ted Morawski
During WWII
Iran
Outdoor class
A class held in the fresh air at one of the orphanages in Persia. Judging from the blackboard, it looks like the subject lesson was arithmetic
Ted Morawski
During WWII
Iran
Staff members of one of the orphanages in Persia
Group photo of the staff members of one of the orphanages in Persia. Clockwise first person in front row is (I believe) my godmother Mrs Alina Skupinska. Next to her (second person clockwise in front row) is my mother Wiktoria Morawska; directly behind her is my grandmother Salomea Rymkiewicz. Clockwise, second person sitting in second row is Mrs Mocarska.
Ted Morawski
During WWII
Iran
Jadwiga Szyszko Document
Ksiazeczka Zaopatrzenia (Identity/Source Booklet) for Jadwiga Szyszko, Polish Delegatura in Teheran, 1943
Yvonna Szyszko
During WWII
Persia
Teheran
SZYSZKO brothers
Brothers Piotr and Wiktor Szyszko in Isfahan in the 1940's
Yvonna Szyszko
During WWII
Persia
Isfahan
SZYSZKO brothers
Brothers Piotr and Wiktor Szyszko in Isfahan in the 1940's
Yvonna Szyszko
During WWII
Persia
Isfahan
SZYSZKO Family Isfahan 1940′s
SZYSZKO Family Isfahan 1940′s
Yvonna Szyszko
During WWII
Persia
Isfahan
SZYSZKO Family Isfahan 1940′s
SZYSZKO Family Isfahan 1940′s
Yvonna Szyszko
During WWII
Persia
Isfahan